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This is a list of common false cognates and false friends between English and French. They therefore look similar but respectively either they do not actually come from the same root or they have different meanings, despite their similarities.
| French term
|
English translation
|
English term
|
French translation
|
| achever
|
finish, finish off
|
achieve
|
réussir, réaliser
|
| actuel
|
current
|
actual
|
réel
|
| actuellement
|
currently
|
actually
|
réellement
|
| ail
|
garlic
|
ail
|
rendre malade
|
| alliance
|
wedding ring
|
alliance
|
alliance
|
| anniversaire
|
birthday
|
anniversary
|
anniversaire
|
| apologie
|
defence
|
apology
|
excuses
|
| assister à
|
to attend
|
assist
|
aider
|
| assumer
|
to take responsibility
|
assume
|
supposer
|
| attendre
|
to wait for
|
attend
|
assister à
|
| audition
|
the sense of hearing
|
audition
|
audition
|
| avertir
|
warn
|
avert
|
éviter
|
| avertissement
|
warning
|
advertisement
|
publicité, annonce
|
| avocat
|
lawyer
|
avocado
|
avocat
|
| balancer
|
throw
|
balance
|
équilibrer
|
| baskets
|
sneakers
|
basket
|
panier
|
| bite
|
dick
|
bite
|
bouchée
|
| blesser
|
injure
|
bless
|
bénir
|
| bougie
|
candle
|
bougie
|
bourgeois
|
| brave
|
well-behaved
|
brave
|
courageux
|
| bribes
|
bits
|
bribe
|
pot-de-vin
|
| bride
|
bridle
|
bride
|
mariée
|
| campagne
|
countryside
|
campaign
|
campagne
|
| cap
|
cape
|
cap
|
casquette
|
| carpette
|
rug, doormat
|
carpet
|
tapis
|
| casque
|
helmet
|
cask
|
barrique
|
| casquette
|
cap
|
casket
|
coffret
|
| casserole
|
saucepan
|
casserole
|
cocotte or ragoût
|
| cave
|
cellar
|
cave
|
grotte
|
| célibataire
|
single (person)
|
celibate
|
chaste
|
| cent
|
hundred
|
cent
|
cent, centime
|
| chair
|
flesh
|
chair
|
chaise
|
| chance
|
luck
|
chance
|
occasion, chance
|
| chat
|
cat
|
chat
|
bavarder
|
| chef
|
boss
|
chef
|
chef, chef cuisinier (fr)
|
| coin
|
corner
|
coin
|
pièce
|
| collège
|
secondary school
|
college
|
établissement d'enseignement supérieur
|
| comédien
|
actor
|
comedian
|
comique
|
| courbature
|
ache
|
curvature
|
courbure
|
| crayon
|
pencil
|
crayon
|
craie, crayon de couleur
|
| crier
|
yell
|
cry
|
pleurer
|
| culte
|
worship
|
cult
|
secte
|
| décade
|
10 days
|
decade
|
décennie
|
| déception
|
disappointment
|
deception
|
tromperie
|
| décevoir
|
disappoint
|
deceive
|
tromper
|
| défendre
|
forbid
|
defend
|
défendre
|
| délicieux
|
delightful
|
delicious
|
délicieux
|
| demander
|
ask
|
demand
|
exiger
|
| démonstration
|
demonstration (act of showing and explaining)
|
demonstration
|
manifestation
|
| dent
|
tooth
|
dent
|
bosse, entaille
|
| déplacement
|
trip
|
displacement
|
déplacement
|
| dérangé
|
bothered
|
deranged
|
dérangé
|
| destitution
|
discharge, dismissal
|
destitution
|
misère extrême
|
| disponible
|
available
|
disposable
|
jetable
|
| disposer
|
arrange
|
dispose of
|
se débarrasser de
|
| douche
|
shower
|
douche
|
lavement or salaud
|
| émail
|
enamel
|
email
|
courriel
|
| empiré
|
gotten worse
|
empire
|
empire
|
| engagement
|
commitment
|
engagement
|
fiançailles
|
| essence
|
petrol
|
essence
|
essence
|
| éventuellement
|
possibly
|
eventually
|
finalement
|
| je suis excité
|
I'm aroused
|
I'm excited
|
je suis ravi de, j'ai vraiment/trop hâte
|
| flippant
|
surprising
|
flippant
|
désinvolte
|
| four
|
oven
|
four
|
quatre
|
| formidable
|
great, terrific
|
formidable
|
terrible, redoutable
|
| fourniture
|
supply
|
furniture
|
meubles
|
| fric
|
money
|
freak
|
original
|
| générique
|
credits
|
generic
|
générique
|
| glace
|
ice
|
glass
|
verre
|
| grappe
|
bunch, cluster
|
grape
|
raisin
|
| groin
|
snout
|
groin
|
aine
|
| hasard
|
chance
|
hazard
|
danger
|
| heurter
|
collide
|
hurt
|
blesser, faire mal
|
| ignorer
|
to not know
|
ignore
|
ignorer
|
| inconvénient
|
drawback
|
inconvenient
|
incommode
|
| indulgence
|
leniency
|
indulgence
|
gourmandise
|
| infect
|
repulsive
|
infect
|
contaminer, infecter
|
| inhabité
|
uninhabited
|
inhabited
|
habité
|
| injure
|
an insult
|
injure
|
blesser
|
| isolation
|
insulation
|
isolation
|
isolement
|
| journal
|
newspaper
|
journal
|
journal intime
|
| journée
|
daytime
|
journey
|
voyage
|
| lame
|
blade
|
lame
|
boiteux, bancal
|
| large
|
wide
|
large
|
grand
|
| librairie
|
bookstore
|
library
|
bibliothèque
|
| luxurieux
|
lustful
|
luxurious
|
de luxe, luxueux
|
| magasin
|
shop
|
magazine
|
revue, magazine
|
| main
|
hand
|
main
|
principal
|
| malard
|
drake
|
mallard
|
colvert
|
| mamie
|
granny
|
mommy
|
maman
|
| manifestation
|
a protest, demonstration
|
manifestation
|
signe, manifestation
|
| mannequin
|
model
|
mannequin
|
mannequin
|
| monnaie
|
currency or change
|
money
|
argent
|
| mutation
|
transfer
|
mutation
|
mutation
|
| nana
|
girlfriend
|
nana
|
mamie
|
| nouvelle
|
short story
|
novel
|
roman
|
| opportunité
|
appropriateness
|
opportunity
|
occasion, chance
|
| pain
|
bread
|
pain
|
douleur
|
| parcours
|
route
|
parkour
|
parkour
|
| passer un examen
|
take an exam
|
pass an exam
|
réussir un examen
|
| pavement
|
paving
|
pavement
|
trottoir
|
| personne
|
nobody
|
person
|
personne
|
| phrase
|
sentence
|
phrase
|
expression
|
| pie
|
magpie
|
pie
|
tourte, tarte
|
| pièce
|
room
|
piece
|
morceau
|
| pile
|
battery
|
pile
|
tas
|
| pingouin
|
auk
|
penguin
|
manchot
|
| prégnant
|
forceful, prominent
|
pregnant
|
enceinte
|
| préjudice
|
damage
|
prejudice
|
préjugé
|
| préservatif
|
condom
|
preservative
|
agent de conservation
|
| prétendre
|
to claim
|
pretend
|
simuler
|
| procès
|
trial, lawsuit
|
process
|
processus
|
| prune
|
plum
|
prune
|
élaguer
|
| raisin
|
grape
|
raisin
|
raisin sec
|
| rapport
|
connection
|
rapport
|
bons rapports
|
| rate
|
spleen
|
rate
|
taux
|
| réaliser
|
fulfill
|
realize
|
se rendre compte
|
| relevant
|
raising
|
relevant
|
pertinent
|
| reporter
|
postpone
|
report
|
signaler
|
| ressentir
|
feel
|
resent
|
en vouloir à
|
| rester
|
to stay
|
to rest
|
se reposer
|
| résumer
|
summarize
|
resume
|
reprendre
|
| réunion
|
meeting
|
reunion
|
réunion
|
| robe
|
dress
|
robe
|
peignoir
|
| roman
|
novel
|
Roman
|
romain
|
| route
|
road
|
route
|
trajet
|
| sale
|
dirty
|
sale
|
vente
|
| sanctionner
|
punish
|
sanction
|
autoriser
|
| sensible
|
sensitive
|
sensible
|
raisonnable
|
| sentence
|
verdict
|
sentence
|
phrase
|
| serviette
|
towel
|
serviette
|
serviette de table (fr)
|
| signe
|
gesture
|
sign
|
panneau
|
| stores
|
blinds
|
stores
|
magasins
|
| suite
|
sequel
|
suit
|
costume
|
| supporter
|
put up with
|
support
|
soutenir
|
| talon
|
heel
|
talon
|
griffe
|
| tampon
|
stamp
|
tampon
|
tampon
|
| tissu
|
fabric, textile
|
tissue
|
mouchoir en papier
|
| toboggan
|
slide
|
toboggan
|
luge
|
| traînée
|
trail
|
trainee
|
stagiaire
|
| traîner
|
to drag
|
to train
|
s'entraîner
|
| traiteur
|
caterer
|
traitor
|
traître
|
| travail
|
work
|
travel
|
voyage
|
| veste
|
jacket
|
vest
|
gilet
|
| vie
|
life
|
vie
|
rivaliser
|
| ville
|
city, town
|
village
|
village
|
| voyage
|
trip, travel
|
voyage
|
voyage
|